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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the pills for, that Anja has in her bureau?
(a) Depression.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Nervousness.

2. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Eleven or twelve.
(b) Six or seven.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Fifteen or sixteen.

3. When does Maus begin?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1938.

4. What is Artie's father doing when Artie sees him again in Chapter 2?
(a) Building book shelves.
(b) Working out.
(c) Counting pills.
(d) Cooking.

5. Who is Lucia Greenberg?
(a) Artie's father’s first wife.
(b) Artie's father’s friend.
(c) The first girl Artie's father has a relationship with.
(d) Art Spiegelman’s mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anja’s family mend fences after the arrest she caused due to her work with her friend?

2. What criticism does Lucia make of Anja?

3. When does Artie’s father say he quit school to work?

4. Where does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?

5. Who is the friend Anja “always ran to see” even after she and Vladek were married?

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